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title: "Overview"
description: "Learn about OpenLIT's widget system for creating powerful data visualizations, from time series charts to statistical summaries and interactive tables."
---

## Available widget types

<CardGroup cols={2}>
		<Card title="Area Chart" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/area-chart-widget" icon='chart-area'>
    Visualize trends over time with smooth, layered charts. Great for metrics like usage, traffic, or revenue that change over time.
    </Card>


		<Card title="Bar Chart" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/bar-chart-widget" icon='chart-bar'>
    Compare categories or segments side-by-side. Ideal for showing grouped metrics like errors by type or revenue by plan.
    </Card>


    <Card title="Line Chart" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/line-chart-widget" icon='chart-line'>
    Plot time-series data with precision. Perfect for tracking latency, load, or other performance metrics over time.
    </Card>


		<Card title="Markdown" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/markdown-widget" icon='markdown'>
    Add notes, context, or section headers using Markdown. Great for annotating dashboards or linking to documentation.
    </Card>


		<Card title="Pie Chart" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/pie-chart-widget" icon='chart-pie'>
    Show proportions and segment distribution clearly. Useful for visualizing things like user roles, traffic sources, or error categories.
    </Card>


		<Card title="Stat" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/stat-widget" icon='arrow-up-1-9'>
    Highlight key metrics like active users, revenue, or conversion rate. A fast and simple way to display KPIs.
    </Card>


		<Card title="Table" href="/latest/openlit/dashboards/widgets/table-widget" icon='table'>
    Display structured data in a paginated, sortable table. Perfect for audit logs, event tracking, or error views.
    </Card>
</CardGroup>